Computer viruses CANNOT be transmitted by simply reading E-mail. They can only be transmitted through the DOWNLOADING & OPENING of ATTACHED FILES. TEXT cannot transmit a virus; only EXECUTABLE FILES are capable of doing so. Unfortunately, even some system administrators are not aware of this, however this info is well documented in AOL's information on how viruses are transmitted. Everyone else, please check with your internet service provider. I have received countless panic warnings from well-meaning friends over the last months regarding viruses that supposedly are transmitted via e-mail messages. Perpetuating the panic by forwarding the messages on to other users is as difficult to stamp out as a chain letter; it keeps popping up in the most unexpected places. Everyone should contact their internet provider to verify the accuracy of their information BEFORE they pass it on to others whose inexperience with computers & the internet make them vulnerable to unnecessary fears & panic. Because there are indeed some pretty destructive viruses floating around out there, one should ALWAYS exercise care in downloading any files from the internet, whether they be attached to e-mail or not. The best defense is to know the person/business/entity you are accepting the file from before you download it, don't accept any file from anyone you are not sure of, and have good virus detecting software installed on your computer. McAfee & Norton both provide for updates to be downloaded from the internet, keeping virus detection current. Finally, don't forget to BACK UP YOUR FILES REGULARLY. Best wishes to all, Fay

Sometimes these virus can be real; sometimes hoaxes. http://www.umich.edu/~wwwitd/virus-busters/index.html at the University of Michigan has a nice page on this. -- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Elbert L. Johnson Primary: ejohnson@tie.net Rapid City, S. Dakota Alt: sodak@juno.com Researching JOHNSON in: Bedford/Campbell CO, VA (1700-1800) Wayne CO, KY (1798-1835) Washington CO, MO (1820-1860)

We have several new members to the list. Some may have missed a query about a subject they are interested in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- To retrieve archives send mail to SASSER-l-request@roots web.com place : archive in subject line to search for a word place the word where you see the xxxxxxxxx's search xxxxxxxxxx latest/* or egrep xxxxxxxxxx latest/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- I searched for searched for the word linclon the other day. I sent the message like this...... to: SASSER-L-request@rootsweb.com subject: archive search lincoln latest/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- A few minutes later I received this.. search lincoln latest/* BEGIN---------------cut here------------------ latest/153:20:Queries. My maiden name was Sasser and my family was from Lincoln Co.Ms. latest/168:20:Zachariah born 1875 in Lincoln Co.,Mississippi,Willie Daniel Sasser born latest/173:50:(according to my grandmother, pardoned by Abraham Lincoln) but died latest/233:40:Lincoln, MS latest/233:80:Lincoln, MS latest/233:82:Chitta, Lincoln, MS latest/262:22:Queries. My maiden name was Sasser and my family was from Lincoln Co.Ms. latest/267:35:seducers is tired of Lincoln. I was glad to hear from you all and I was glad latest/267:63:of starvation, yet the leaders are trying to rally the voters for Lincoln, but latest/278:38:Lincoln Co., MS; m. FRANCES HART, Abt. 1805. latest/278:82: ii. MARY BRYAN HART, b. Abt. 1760; d. Hart Cemetery, Bogue Chitto, Lincoln latest/278:91:1. JOHN1 GILL was born 1754 in Richland Co. SC, and died 1825 in Lincoln Co. latest/326:12:Subject: Bogue Chitto, Lincoln Co., MS Sasser's? END-----------------cut here------------------ To get a message you are interisted in ... again send email to SASSER-l-request@rootsweb.com place: archive in subject line in body of note :get latest/153 Now I will get message number 153. back. You will have to do this for EACH message you want one at a time. Message 153 looks like this... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- From DLSASSER@msn.com Wed Jun 18 17:03:32 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA32582 for <SASSER-L@bl-14.rootsweb.com>; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 17:03:32 -0700 Received: from upsmot02.msn.com (upsmot02.msn.com [204.95.110.79]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA18531 for <SASSER-L@rootsweb.com>; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 17:03:30 -0700 Received: from upmajb02.msn.com (upmajb02.msn.com [204.95.110.74]) by upsmot02.msn.com (8.6.8.1/Configuration 4) with SMTP id QAA00811 for <SASSER-L@rootsweb.com>; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 16:59:08 -0700 Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 00:04:15 UT From: "Don Sasser" <DLSASSER@msn.com> Message-Id: <UPMAIL11.199706190000150673@msn.com> To: "SASSER-L" <SASSER-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: FW: (no subject) Does any one connect to Ann I have added her to the list... Don ---------- From: jneth Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 1997 9:46 AM To: Don Sasser Subject: (no subject) I noticed you had registered the surname Sasser in the Unknown Counties Queries. My maiden name was Sasser and my family was from Lincoln Co.Ms. What names are you looking for? My grandparents were W.Z.Sasser and Vertis Sasser.My father was Willie Daniel Sasser and my mother is Helen Brister. The other names in this line are Fenn,Fulghum,Quin. If I can be of help please e-mail me. Ann Nethero

You have probably already gotten notice on this already... These types of messages have been hitting many of the lists that I am on. There is no way that anything attached to an email message can wipe out anyone's system. There are several orgs. that track these hoaxes I will give you there url's. Check them there first and then send a message back to everyone that you sent to and then back up to the ones that you got it from. I remember the first time I got one of these and did the same as you until an kind soul gave me this info. http://kumite.com/myths or http://ciac.llnl.gov/ select Hoaxes on this cite. Debbie M ---------- From: VKeith3711@aol.com[SMTP:VKeith3711@aol.com] Sent: Friday, September 26, 1997 11:28 AM To: MAN7452@aol.com Cc: Sharpy2866@aol.com; jameswkelley; PogueSR@juno.com; hgoins@one.net; KFaust@tso.cin.ix.net; PJPABRY@aol.com; TTrapp4444@aol.com; Regina.Green@cincy.bible.edu; WSBCjw@aol.com; richard.hooker@mcione.com; TMAY_at_P@iusmail.ius.indiana.edu; RapienML@tso.cin.ix.net; 75164.1331@compuserve.com; SASSER-L@rootsweb.com; barnyardyarns@msn.com; jjrichardson@fuse.net; tltkap@tso.cin.ix.net; DrLuesch@aol.com; ppwaugh@kih.net; Jeanne.Schneider@goodnews.net; WINBREEZ@hotmail.com; KYLAUREL-L-@rootsweb.com; daniele@emmanuel.johnson-city.tn.us; PHaas53@aol.com; DeneEck@aol.com; shawna.mcmullen; barrymc@goodnews.net; CUMBERLAND-RIVER@rootsweb.com; BKWSPARKS@aol.com; DJKEITH55@aol.com; annerh@juno.com; iustu@nwave.comm; "@indst.indstate.edu":psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu; Bilo5@aol.com Subject: WARNING!!! VIRUS ON THE LOOSE I recently received a warning from an international source about 2 worldwide viruses that infect one's hard drive and either deletes the contents and/or causes it to crash completely. They show up as e-mail with the following labels: JOIN THE CREW and PENPAL GREETINGS The defense against them is to delete them completely (including from your files) unopened. If you open them, the cat (or in this case virus) is out of the bag. Just thought I would pass along the warning. A big hello to those of you with whom I have not been in contact lately. Vietta Keith

I recently received a warning from an international source about 2 worldwide viruses that infect one's hard drive and either deletes the contents and/or causes it to crash completely. They show up as e-mail with the following labels: JOIN THE CREW and PENPAL GREETINGS The defense against them is to delete them completely (including from your files) unopened. If you open them, the cat (or in this case virus) is out of the bag. Just thought I would pass along the warning. A big hello to those of you with whom I have not been in contact lately. Vietta Keith

CARY, NC--Nathan I. Sasser of Cary was the winner of the North Carolina statewide American Legion High School Oratorical Contest this summer. Nathan was featured in articles in several North Carolina newspapers and the NC American Legion paper and the national American Legion magazine. Nathan is a senior this year at Cary High School here. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Phillip ("Phil") Sasser and a grandson of George Sasser. In addition to winning this major honor, Nathan has also won many other awards, including "Outstanding Attorney" in the North Carolina State Mock Trial competition sponsored by the NC Trial Lawyers Association; appointment as a Justice to the NC Boys State Supreme Court; and appointment to the NC Governor's School. More on this later.

I am interested in any one having family connections with SASSER's to this location. Ms. Adrian Hopkins Researching: Hunsucker, Griffith, Kirby, Whitlatch, Kennedy, Vandeford, Hopkins, Plummer, Golden, Nuckolls, Warbington, King, Cushman, Sasser and Hadaway, as my main lines. http://members.tripod.com/~ahopkins/index.html Genealogist HAVE no other hobbies!!!! <G> HOPKINS LIST OWNER @rootsweb KIRBY-KERBY LIST OWNER@rootsweb PRIVATE NUCKOLLS List (contact me if you have Nuckolls in your line)

Rhoda was Felix Grundy Gilbert's daughter... here is her line a I have it Could I get a copy of the pictures ?? Thanks, Don Descendants of Wm. Marlin Jones 1 Wm. Marlin Jones b: 1860 .. +Rhoda Gilbert b: 1862 in Laurel Co. KY ...... 2 Catherine Jones .......... +John C. Cobb ............... 3 [1] Gilbert Cobb ................... +Lucy Wyatt ............... *2nd Wife of [1] Gilbert Cobb: ................... +Nell Gilbert ............... 3 Dora Cobb ................... +Hiram Moore b: Owsley Co., KY ............... 3 Walter Cobb ................... +Claudia Tuttle ............... 3 Rhoda Cobb ................... +Charlie Morris ............... 3 Edna Cobb ................... +John S. Wyatt ............... 3 Martha Cobb ................... +William "Bill" Cobb ............... 3 Minerva Cobb ................... +Joseph Sasser ............... 3 Floyd Cobb ................... +Wilma Tuttle ............... 3 Marlin Cobb ---------- From: VKeith3711@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 8:26 AM To: SASSER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Help A couple of years ago, I visited the cemetery on Blackwater where Isaac & Rhoda Taylor are buried. I've been calling it the Blackwater cemetery. Does anyone know if that is the appropriate name? It's on a rise to the left of the road as one is driving from US 80. I took pictures of several headstones that I have been looking at lately. I have pictures of 3 headstones for the following people that I am not able to place in my family data base. Can someone help me? William Marlin Jones 1860 - 1937 Rhoda Gilbert Jones 1862 - 1921 (double stone; modern design) MOTHER Mariah Jones Sept. 23, 1859 Nov.21, 1907 (diagonal stone set into ground) Lillie E. Wife of W. E. Jones Born Mar 19, 1881 Died Dec 11, 1904 Age 23 Years 8 Months 23 Days (Obelisk about 5 feet high) Thanks for the help. Vietta

A couple of years ago, I visited the cemetery on Blackwater where Isaac & Rhoda Taylor are buried. I've been calling it the Blackwater cemetery. Does anyone know if that is the appropriate name? It's on a rise to the left of the road as one is driving from US 80. I took pictures of several headstones that I have been looking at lately. I have pictures of 3 headstones for the following people that I am not able to place in my family data base. Can someone help me? William Marlin Jones 1860 - 1937 Rhoda Gilbert Jones 1862 - 1921 (double stone; modern design) MOTHER Mariah Jones Sept. 23, 1859 Nov.21, 1907 (diagonal stone set into ground) Lillie E. Wife of W. E. Jones Born Mar 19, 1881 Died Dec 11, 1904 Age 23 Years 8 Months 23 Days (Obelisk about 5 feet high) Thanks for the help. Vietta

Does any one know if Huston Tuttle or Malissa Jones are related to our Thomas Tuttle or Millington "Milton" Blalock Jones? Don ---------- From: John McGarvey Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 3:02 AM To: _Tuttle Mailing List Subject: Huston Tuttle To Everyone on this Mailing List, I am trying to find info. on Huston Tuttle. He is my gg-grandfather. I don't know his birthdate or place. His wife's name was Malissa Jones and he has two sons that I know of: Austin Tuttle b. ca 1885, and Emery Tuttle b. May 27, 1887 in Laurel Co., Kentucky. Any help would be appreciated. John John McGarvey Email: jmcg@myself.com Web: http://www.jps.net/johnmcg ICQ: 1729121

To: The Sasser Group From: Glenn E. Perry I received a telephone call last night from Joyce Gilbert Cottongim, a cousin on almost all sides--daughter of Wallace Gilbert and Audrey Sasser Gilbert--who grew up near where I lived as a child. There are several matters of possible interest to some members of the group. One is that Joyce apparently has a lot of material to share, notably the papers of her first cousin, Robert Helton (much of the information in which was provided by Joyce's mother). I had even heard that many of those papers had been lost, but that apparently is not the case. Joyce says that the pages with geneological information were removed from the Henry Sasser Bible and deposited in the state archives in Frankfort, KY. She understood that the archives would only accept the originals, not photocopies. Although I have mixed feelings about this Bible being dismembered, hopefully the pages will be safer now and we can get xerox copies. I still have not heard from Paul and Yvonne Harris, who reportedly have the Bible and to whom I wrote about this matter several months ago. Again, I am reporting hearsay, but Joyce seems to know what she is talking about. Finally, Joyce is anxious to help with the various geneological charts and apparently has a lot to offer. I am thinking not only of Don's chart of the Sassers but also of Jim Smith's and Phyllis Rogers's work on the descendants of the original Wallace Gilbert. Her address is Joyce Cottongim, 6389 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, Middletown, OH 45044. Tel.--513-777-3835. ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************

Looking for JOHN SAWYERS b:1804 in KY, d:Nov.1873 Shawnee Co.,KS--Pleasent Hill Cemetary. m:abt.1828 in KY to PAEMELIA(?) b:1810 in NC. d:Bef.1865 in MO. Their daughter MINVERVA JANE (JENNIE) SAWYERS was our g-grandmother. Wolud like to find out about JOHN's family and what was PERMELIA's last name. Also anything on MINERVA SAWYERS. Thanks for you help. Betty zipperWtp.net

Dear Ann, I am forwarding you query to our SASSER discussion list. Perhaps one of our members can help you. If you would like to join the list let me know and I can add your email address. or send email to SASSER-l-request@rootsweb.com with "subscribe: in the body of the note without the "" Good Luck Don Sasser ---------- From: Ann Avery Hunter Sent: Sunday, September 21, 1997 2:26 PM To: DLSASSER@msn.com Subject: SASSER Family of Craven Co., NC Mr. Sasser, I got your name from the NC Craven Co. GenWeb page. I am interested in the ancestry of Thomas Sasser, born 1768 in Craven Co. and his wife Clarissa ___. Their dau. Clarissa m. Matthew Faircloth in Screven Co. GA. Anything that you could tell me about Thomas or his wife would be most welcome. Thanks. Ann -- Ann Avery Hunter Richmond, Virginia annh@erols.com

I am trying to locate a picture of Barden and Pharby Sasser. I recently read a message to the group from Vietta, thanking Earl Sasser for sending her a picture. I don't have Earls email address. Earl, could you contact me if you have a photograph of Barden and Pharby? If anyone else has any information about a picture, please let me know. Thanks Mike Sasser MikelSas@aol.com

Dear Martina, So far, I nor anyone I know of has been able to learn who the wife of BENJAMIN SASSER was. Nor any proof on who his parents were. The reason for this is that he was apparently married in either old Dobbs County (the records of which were burned and destroyed in 1871) or he was married in adjoining Wayne County, where he was living in 1779. Many of the older records of Wayne County have also been lost, especially the marriage bonds. According to the 1790 census records of Wayne County, he had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. The sons included your ancestor, FREDERICK, JAMES, JOEL and JOSEPH. I haven't yet identified the other son nor the two daughters. BENJAMIN was born 7 May, 1755 at Stoneybrook in what is now Lenoir County and died 4 Mar., 1833 in Columbus County, NC. When Benjamin sold land in Wayne County in Sept., 1796, his son FREDERICK was a witness to the deed. FREDERICK was born about 1777 in Wayne County and died in Columbus County (no date of death). He married ELIZABETH WARD, daughter of MATHEW WARD and ANN ELLISON. They had at least 5 children. Would appreciate info on your direct line from Frederick. Your cuz, Robert Earl Woodham

Hi everyone! I am new to the discussion list so I know I've missed a lot of valuable information about the Sasser family. I hope it is OK if I make a query concerning my Sasser on this discussion group's mail. My Great Great Great Great Grandfather was Frederick Sasser who married Elizabeth Ward. They lived in an area known as the White Marsh in what is now Columbus Co NC. He was born about 1770-1780 and served in the War of 1812. I believe his father to be Benjamin Sasser, a Revolutionary War Veterans, who in his pension request said he was born May 7, 1755 in Dobbs CO NC (the name later changed to Lenoir County). He mentions a son Frederick living in the White Marsh area. I am trying to find out who Benjamin married, who his children were as well as his parents, siblings etc. I was very interested in reading about Thomas Aden Sasser because of the similarities in the name of his father, Henry Benjamin Sasser and that of my ancestor. Is there anyone who can maybe help me with this family? I am glad to be a part of your group.. Martina SImmons

Don, I received that exact same letter from them on my Dickerson surname. I never replied to it or ordered the book. These people must be getting city directories and some vague history and making a bundle on unsuspecting genealogists!!!!! Julie C. Faulkner

Dear Sasser cousins, The only book ever printed so far on our family (that I know of) was the book "OF ONE DOZEN SASSERS", on the descendants of THOMAS SASSER Sr. who settled in Screven County, Georgia and whose descendants are primarily in Screven County and Southwest Georgia and south Alabama. I have been working on gathering info and records for a book about our family for more than 30 years now. One of these days... Your cuz, Robert Earl Woodham

We picked up a book like this for another family name a short while ago. It is pretty much as folks have been saying, only we found it to be beneficial for our purposes. My husband is 1st gen. German-American and his father had literally no knowledge of any family in Germany and this book is helping us track down information from folks in Germany. On the Sasser book though it seems that most of us already have as much or more info than they do. So unless you are desperate to track down a long lost cousin and want to take a chance on the book it may not be worth it. You could also just do a Yahoo People Search and do better. Debbie ---------- From: Maureen and Rene[SMTP:monrene@pacbell.net] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 1997 4:32 PM To: SASSER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Sasser book WARNING!! Thanks for the warning. I am still wondering if there is a genuine book on Sassers. Maureen

Thanks for the warning. I am still wondering if there is a genuine book on Sassers. Maureen